Sunny's Raspberry and Oatmeal Lattice Cookie Sandwiches

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: about 54 sandwiches
  • Total: 2 hr 40 min (includes cooling time)
  • Active: 35 min
These are my favorite cookies to order at a place called Crave in Sherman Oaks, CA. I love nothing more than figuring out how to make something at home that I can't always get. They are super simple to make and will definitely be a hit at any holiday party or cookie swap as they are easy to transport!
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Ingredients

2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar

2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

2 1/2 cups rolled oats

3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon almond extract

1 large egg, beaten

Heaping 1/2 cup seedless raspberry jam, for the filling

Directions

  1. Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or nonstick aluminum foil.
  2. Melt the base. In a medium pot on medium heat, add the brown sugar, butter and pumpkin pie spice. Cook, stirring, until the butter melts and the mixture is less gritty.
  3.  Finish the batter. In a large bowl, add the oats, flour, almond extract and egg and toss. Slowly add the butter mixture from the pot while constantly stirring the oat mixture.
  4.  Bake and rest. Use a teaspoon to drop the batter on the prepared baking sheet about 3 inches apart to allow spreading. This will take patience and several batches. Also, to avoid a big glob, try to gently press the oats so they aren't in a mound. 
  5. Bake on the center rack until the edges are caramelized and the centers stop rapidly bubbling, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove and leave on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer the entire sheet of parchment onto a wire rack. After a few more minutes, transfer the cookies from the parchment to rest directly on the wire rack. Continue until all the batter is cooked and the cookies are fully cool and rigid, 15 to 20 minutes.
  6. Fill and serve. Pick 2 cookies with approximately the same size and shape and spread about 1/2 teaspoon of raspberry jam on the bottom/flat side of one cookie, then sandwich the matching cookie's bottom/flat side to the other; repeat until done. Store in an airtight container in a cool place, even the fridge, for up to 1 week. Happy holidays and happy cookie making!

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k79973

With a little tweaking this recipe is perfect!<div><br /></div><div>One reviewer said this recipe comes out too greasy, after mixing together all the ingredients I could see what they meant. The mix comes out very very moist and doesn't stick together well. To fix that I simply added more oats and flower a little bit at a time until it started to thicken up, and to make sure the flavor wasn't diluted I also added a bit more spices and almond extract. </div><div><br /></div><div>To deal with the time issue I cut this recipe in half and nixed the whole cooling wrack phase. If you use a good nonstick pan (in my case I used USA Pan cookie sheets and large jelly roll pan) you don't need to bother with parchment paper or transferring to wracks. I simply took the pans out of the oven and let the cookies cool on the pans for about 10-15 minutes each. Due to the amount of butter in them these cookies literally just slid right off after wriggling them a little bit with my hand. After sliding them off I just transferred them to a large plate and the pans were ready for the second half of the batch which I mixed together while the first batch was cooling.</div><div><br /></div>As an added touch I melted some dark chocolate and rolled the edges of the cookie sandwiches in it. This added a nice rich taste, helped hide any ugly edges, and kept the cookie sandwiches from sliding apart/the filling from coming out. Absolutely Delicious!<div><br /><div>p.s. Be sure to really watch the cookies as they cook, look for golden/toasty edges and for the center to stop bubbling rapidly. If you pull them too early they will fall apart on you. Also these cookies expand A LOT, you don't have to worry about flattening them too much but be sure to leave ample space for them to expand.</div></div>

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